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Sister I'm a Poet

Colin Meloy
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
And  all over this town
 A slow wind may blow
 And I can see through everybody's  clothes
 With no reason  to hide these words  I feel
 And no reason  to talk about the books  I read
 But still I do
That's  cause I'm  a...
Sister I'm  a...
 All over this  town
Along  the way  outside the prison gates
I  love the romance of crime
 And I wonder
 Does anybody  feel the same way I  do?
 And is evil  just something you are
 Or something you do?
But  now I'm  a...
Sister I'm  a...
 All over this  town
 And all over this town
 They pull over in their Citroen  vans
 Not to shake your hand
 With meths on their breaths
 And you with youth on your  side
A  plastic bag stranded at the light
 This once was me...
But  now I'm  a...
Sister I'm  a...
 All over this  town
 Oh, all over this  town
 All over this  town
 All over this  town
Oh...
 ~
 Here's a little variation you
 can add to the E major chord of the
 main riff that's followed
 by the quick G chord, then
 chord.
e|-0------0-0---
b|-0------0-0---
G|-1--0h1-1-1---
D|-2--2---2-2---
A|-2------2-2---
E|-0------0-0---
 in short, quickly strum the first E
 chord, lift off your pointer finger
 that should have been on the 1st fret
 of the G string so it is now open,
 then pluck the D string, with
 your middle finger still on the 2nd
 fret from the chord, then hammer back
 onto the 1st fret of the G string
 with your pointer finger, then 2
 very quick strums of the E major
 chord, it sounds great when
 it's pulled off :)

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Readable chord sheet for Sister I'm a Poet by Colin Meloy

[E]    [G]  [A]   [E]    [G]  [A]  [G]    [A] [G]
[E]    [G]  [A]   [E]    [G]  [A]  [G]    [E]

[A]And all over this [C#m]town
A slow wind may [A]blow
And I can see through [B]everybody's clothes
With no [A]reason to hide these [B]words I feel
And no [A]reason to talk about the [B]books I read
But still I [E]do
[G]That's cause [A]I'm a...  [E]
[G]Sister [A]I'm a...  [G]
All [A]over [G]this town [E]

[E]     [E]   [G]  [A]    [G]    [A]  [G]   [E]

[A]Along the wa[C#m]y outside the prison gates
[A]I love the romance of c[B]rime

And I wonder
Does [A]anybody feel the same way [B]I do?
And is [A]evil just something you [B]are
Or something you [E]do?

[G]But now [A]I'm a... [E]

[G]Sister [A]I'm a...    [G]

All [A]over [G]this to[E]wn

[E]     [E]   [G]  [A]    [G]    [A]  [G]   [E]  [G]  [A]   [E]   [G]   [A]  [G]   [A]  [G]  [E]

[A]   And all over this [C#m]town
They pull over in their [A]Citroen vans
Not to shake your [B]hand
With meths on their [A]breaths
And you with youth on [B]your side

[A]A plastic bag stranded at the [B]light

This once was me[E]...

[G]But now [A]I'm a... [E]

[G]Sister [A]I'm a...  [G]

All [A]over [G]this town[E]

Oh, all [G]over [A]this town[E]

All [G]over [A]this town [E]

All [G]over [A]this town [G]     [A]

[G]Oh...[E]

~

Here's a little variation you
can add to the E major chord of the
main riff that's followed
by the quick G chord, then
[A] chord.

e|-0------0-0---
b|-0------0-0---
G|-1--0h1-1-1---
D|-2--2---2-2---
A|-2------2-2---
E|-0------0-0---

in short, quickly strum the first E
chord, lift off your pointer finger
that should have been on the 1st fret
of the G string so it is now open,
then pluck the D string, with
your middle finger still on the 2nd
fret from the chord, then hammer back
onto the 1st fret of the G string
with your pointer finger, then 2
very quick strums of the E major
chord, it sounds great when
it's pulled off :)

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